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Today In
Beach Volleyball History |
In 1954
Don McMahon and Mike O'Hara won the Parks & Rec State Beach Open.
It was the 4th win for Don McMahon, the 1st win for Mike O'Hara, and the 1st win for the team.
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In 1982
Kathy Gregory and Kathy Hanley won the Parks & Rec World Championships.
It was the 34th win for Kathy Gregory, the 10th win for Kathy Hanley, and the 5th win for the team.
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In 1993
Karch Kiraly and Kent Steffes won the AVP Miller Lite U.S. Championships.
It was the 81st win for Karch Kiraly, the 53rd win for Kent Steffes, and the 41st win for the team.
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In 1993
Karolyn Kirby won the WPVA I Dig Top of the Tour.
It was the 43rd win for Karolyn Kirby.
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In 1993
Cammy Ciarelli and Holly McPeak won the AVP Women's Tour U.S. Championships.
It was the 9th win for Cammy Ciarelli, the 11th win for Holly McPeak, and the 7th win for the team.
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In 1999
Martin Laciga and Paul Laciga won the CEV European Championships.
It was the 5th win for Martin Laciga, the 5th win for Paul Laciga, and the 5th win for the team.
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In 1999
David Swatik and Mike Whitmarsh won the AVP Sunkist Manhattan Beach Open.
It was the 3rd win for David Swatik, the 24th win for Mike Whitmarsh, and the 3rd win for the team.
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In 2004
Jochem De Gruijter and Gijs Ronnes won the FIVB France Satellite.
It was the 2nd win for Jochem De Gruijter, the 2nd win for Gijs Ronnes, and the 2nd win for the team.
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In 2004
Ethel-Julie Arjona and Virginie Kadjo won the FIVB France Satellite.
It was the 1st win for Ethel-Julie Arjona, the 1st win for Virginie Kadjo, and the 1st win for the team.
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In 2009
Juliana Felisberta and Larissa Maestrini won the FIVB The Hague Open Beach Volleyball 2009.
It was the 30th win for Juliana Felisberta, the 30th win for Larissa Maestrini, and the 29th win for the team.
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In 2009
John Hyden and Sean Scott won the AVP Crocs Crocs Cup Championship Kentucky Grilled Chicken Chicago Open.
It was the 6th win for John Hyden, the 8th win for Sean Scott, and the 3rd win for the team.
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In 2009
Marek Leznicki and Damian Wojtasik won the CEV U20 European Championships.
It was the 1st win for Marek Leznicki, the 1st win for Damian Wojtasik, and the 1st win for the team.
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In 2009
Debora Allegretti and Marta Menegatti won the CEV U20 European Championships.
It was the 1st win for Debora Allegretti, the 1st win for Marta Menegatti, and the 1st win for the team.
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In 2010
Aldo Miramontes and Juan Virgen won the NORCECA Norceca Beach Volleyball Circuit San Diego.
It was the 8th win for Aldo Miramontes, the 8th win for Juan Virgen, and the 8th win for the team.
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In 2010
Dariam Acevedo and Yarleen Santiago won the NORCECA Norceca Beach Volleyball Circuit San Diego.
It was the 5th win for Dariam Acevedo, the 6th win for Yarleen Santiago, and the 5th win for the team.
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In 2010
Maria Antonelli and Talita Antunes won the FIVB Milner Open.
It was the 9th win for Maria Antonelli, the 11th win for Talita Antunes, and the 6th win for the team.
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In 2010
Casey Jennings and Kevin Wong won the FIVB Milner Open.
It was the 7th win for Casey Jennings, the 10th win for Kevin Wong, and the 1st win for the team.
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In 2010
Competing together for only the second-time on the SWATCH FIVB World Tour, the 21st-seeded Casey Jennings and Kevin Wong scored a 21-18, 18-21 and 17-15 gold medal win in 60 minutes over the eighth-seeded Benjamin Insfran and Bruno Oscar Schmidt of Brazil at the Milner Open in The Hague, Netherlands. Jennings and Wong lost their final qualifying match four days earlier and only earned a main draw berth via a draw after the late withdrawals of two teams, becoming the first team to win an event as "lucky losers." The previous best had been Germans Sebastian Dollinger and Stefan Windscheif who took advantage of a 2008 “lucky loser” berth in Bahrain to place third in the Manama event.
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In 2015
Talita Antunes and Larissa Maestrini won the FIVB Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam.
It was the 27th win for Talita Antunes, the 58th win for Larissa Maestrini, and the 9th win for the team.
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In 2020
David Ahman and Jonatan Hellvig won the FIVB Montpellier Metropole Beach Masters.
It was the 3rd win for David Ahman, the 3rd win for Jonatan Hellvig, and the 3rd win for the team.
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In 2021
Quincy Aye and Arnaud Gauthier-Rat won the FIVB Montpellier 1 Star.
It was the 3rd win for Quincy Aye, the 2nd win for Arnaud Gauthier-Rat, and the 1st win for the team.
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In 2021
Emily Capers and Betsi Flint won the FIVB Brno Beach Open 2*.
It was the 21st win for Emily Capers, the 10th win for Betsi Flint, and the 5th win for the team.
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| 8/27/2026 |
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USA Volleyball Names Carolina “Gabi” Garbato as GM of USA Beach Volleyball
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Aug. 27, 2026) – USA Volleyball has announced the appointment of Carolina “Gabi” Garbato as its new General Manager, USA Beach Volleyball, effective immediately. In this role, Garbato will lead the overall management, performance and continuous evolution of USA Volleyball’s beach program, spanning the senior national teams and the Beach National Team Development Program... |
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The 2026 League Championship Field
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The 2026 AVP League season ends where it has been pointing since May: Labor Day weekend on Chicago’s Oak Street Beach, with twelve pairs and two titles on the lakefront. The format is simple and unforgiving. Four quarterfinals on Saturday morning. Semifinals rolling in behind them. Finals on Sunday afternoon. Single elimination the whole way, which means every team in the field is at most... |
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| 8/24/2026 |
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Norway’s Kjemperuds and Slovenia’s Kotnik & Lovsin win Bujumbura Futures
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Norway’s Jonah Kjemperud & Sebastian Kjemperud and Slovenia’s Tjasa Kotnik & Tajda Lovsin topped the men’s and the women’s podiums, respectively, at the Bujumbura Futures on the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour. Benjamin Vaught & Wesley Jensen of the United States and Jiri Dostal & Filip Rydval of Czechia earned silver and bronze in the men’s tournament, while two Japanese teams... |
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Thâmela and Victoria end the season with Montréal Elite gold
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Brazilians Thâmela Coradello and Victoria Lopes had to wait until the last Elite event of the 2026 Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour season to celebrate, but they are set to end the year with gold medals around their necks after triumphing in Montréal on Sunday. The South Americans have now won Beach Pro Tour Elite events in each of their three seasons as partners and have four golds in 25 events... |
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| 8/23/2026 |
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Mol says goodbye to the sand with Montréal three-peat alongside Sørum
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Playing what would be his last tournament on the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour in many months, Norwegian superstar Anders Mol said his brief goodbye to the sand by doing something he got very accustomed to in the last eight years - winning! Set to make a move to indoor volleyball to play for Rana Verona in the 2026-2027 Italian League, the Olympic and world champion triumphed... |
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Estonians celebrate home-sand success at Tallinn Futures
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Estonian teams claimed three medals, including both golds, at the Tallinn Futures on the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour. Mart Tiisaar & Dimitriy Korotkov triumphed in the men’s tournament, while Eva Liisa Kuivonen & Liisa-Lotta Jurgenson and Heleene Hollas & Liisa Remmelg finished first and third on the women’s side. Both silver medals went to Austrian pairs... |
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| 8/22/2026 |
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Nigeria and Morocco qualify for LA28!
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Nigeria’s Esther Onyinye Mbah & Pamela Miyoum Bawa and Morocco’s Zouheir Elgraoui & Soufiane El Gharouti emerge African champions and earn qualification to the Olympic Games Los Angeles 2028: Morocco’s Zouheir Elgraoui & Soufiane El Gharouti and Esther Onyinye Mbah & Pamela Miyoum Bawa of Nigeria are the 2026 CAVB African Beach Volleyball champions. |
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| 8/20/2026 |
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2026 History on the Pier
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The Granddaddy of them all delivered. Taryn Brasher and Kristen Cruz won their third consecutive Manhattan Beach Open title, and Taylor Crabb and Andy Benesh went through the entire men’s draw without losing a set. One team cemented a dynasty. The other started a new chapter in a family tradition that now spans nine straight finals. |
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| 8/18/2026 |
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Melissa and Brandie go for home three-peat at Montréal Elite
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The top Canadian team competing on the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour and one of the very best in the entire world, Melissa Humana-Paredes and Brandie Wilkerson will try to make their country proud another time this week when they compete at home in the Montréal Elite. The Paris 2024 Olympic silver medalists enter the event, which will be held from Wednesday to Sunday at Parc Jean-Drapeau... |
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New European champs Hölting Nilsson and Andersson try to keep momentum at Montréal Elite
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Fresh from their victory at the European Championship, which earned their country a spot at the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics, Swedish stars Jacob Hölting Nilsson and Elmer Andersson return to action on the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour this week, trying to keep their momentum. Sitting at the top of the FIVB World Rankings, the Europeans are one of the main attractions of this week's Elite event... |
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| 8/16/2026 |
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Netherlands and Sweden qualify for LA28!
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Sweden’s Hölting Nilsson Jacob & Andersson Elmer and Katja Stam & Raïsa Schoon of The Netherlands are the 2026 CEV EuroBeachVolley champions. By winning the tournament, Sweden and The Netherlands have also secured a spot at the Olympic Games Los Angeles 2028. The winners of the 2026 continental championships will earn their respective National Olympic Committees (NOCs) a quota spot for... |
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Filipino duos triumph with gold and silver at Busan Futures
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Two Filipino duos wrote a golden page for their country’s beach volleyball by reaching Sunday’s final of the women’s Busan Futures on the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour. The gold medal went to Khylem Harl Progella & Sofiah Shanine Pagara, while their compatriots Cherry Ann Rondina & Bernadeth Pons brought home bronze. Australia’s Jana Milutinovic & Jasmine Rayner completed the podium in Korea. |
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Young Swedes claim EuroBeachVolley title, book ticket to LA28
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Jacob Hölting Nilsson/Elmer Andersson of Sweden are the newly-crowned men’s Beach Volleyball European champions following a final day where the youngsters from Sweden first edged their compatriots David Ahman/Jonatan Hellvig in the semis and subsequently prevented Norway’s Anders Mol and Christian Sørum from securing their sixth continental crown. With this result, the Swedes have also secured... |
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Stam/Schoon crowned European champions in Stare Jablonki as Netherlands secure LA28 spot
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On Sunday, under a cloudy sky in Stare Jablonki, Raïsa Schoon and Katja Stam of the Netherlands could celebrate two major achievements – their very first EuroBeachVolley title and securing a spot for their National Olympic Committee to compete at the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games. The final match with Spain’s sensation Tania Moreno Matveeva and Sofia Izuzquiza was truly one-sided... |
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| 8/15/2026 |
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Three Scandinavian teams plus France reach EuroBeachVolley men’s semis
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Two teams from Sweden – Åhman/Hellvig and Hölting Nilsson/Andersson, the gold and silver medal winners from last year’s World Championships in Adelaide – will lock horns in one of the men’s semi-finals at the CEV EuroBeachVolley 2026 in Stare Jablonki on Sunday. In the other semi-final, last year’s World Championships bronze medallists Téo Rotar and Arnaud Gauthier-Rat of France will challenge... |
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Spain and the Netherlands to fight for EuroBeachVolley women’s crown and ticket to LA28
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Whoever emerges victorious from Sunday’s gold medal match in the women’s competition at the CEV EuroBeachVolley 2026 will crown themselves European champions for the very first time in their careers. Spain’s Tania Moreno Matveeva and Sofia Izuzquiza caused a real sensation with their come-from-behind semi-final victory over World champions Tina Graudina/Anastasija Samoilova of Latvia. |
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Stare Jablonki cements Beach Volleyball Mecca status with EuroBeachVolley added to track record
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There is no major sporting event that can go ahead without volunteers at its core and the CEV EuroBeachVolley 2026 in Stare Jablonki is just a confirmation of that. The organisers have recruited some 65 volunteers across a variety of areas to support the smooth delivery of the continental championship – including ball kids, rakers, and other personnel supporting media and TV operations... |
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BPT Futures Corigliano Rossano, Italy |
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BPT Futures Corigliano Rossano, Italy |
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AVP Heritage Laguna Beach Open, California |
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